Drumcalpin
Townland in the civil parish of Castleterra, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
Parcel 459774
- Area
- 96,229 m² (9.62 ha, 23.78 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 129 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Drumcalpin
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2087 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 87.9 ha
- 217 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 8,004 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres)
- Zoning
- R4
- Strategic Residential Reserve
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcalpin, from 95 m² to 156,635 m² (15.66 ha, 38.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Jun 2026N/a
to convert attic space to habitable accommodation with internal alterations, provision of roof lights to front elevation and connection to existing services
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660300
1 Aug 2025Conditional
to retain the sunroom to the side of the dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560439
24 Jan 2024Conditional
to erect slatted agricultural shed with underground storage tanks and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460023
6 Dec 2023Conditional
for extension and alterations to existing dwelling, to include: At ground floor: (i) increase kitchen-dining-living area at front and rear, (ii) side extension to north east elevation to include: bedroom, study, games/sitting room, corridor. (iii) Alterations to stairs. At first floor: (iv) increase master bedroom to include dressing room and ensuite. (v) With 2 no. additional bedrooms on northeast elevation. Changes to elevations to include: (vi) addition of gables to dwelling, dormer windows, rooflight, windows, doors (vii) changes to windows and doors, (viii) arch over front door with stone surround. (ix) With removal of front bay windows and chimney breast. (x) With permission to upgrade the existing sewerage system to a new treatment system and percolation area (xi) proposed garage, (xii) With connection to existing services and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360300
25 Oct 2023N/a
for extension and alterations to existing dwelling, to include: At ground floor: (i) increase kitchen-dining-living area at front and rear, (ii) side extension to north east elevation to include: bedroom, study, games/sitting room, corridor. (iii) Alterations to stairs. At first floor: (iv) increase master bedroom to include dressing room and ensuite. (v) With 2 no. additional bedrooms on northeast elevation. Changes to elevations to include: (vi) addition of gables to dwelling, dormer windows, rooflight, windows, doors (vii) changes to windows and doors, (viii) arch over front door with stone surround. (ix) With removal of front bay windows and chimney breast. (x) With proposed domestic garage. (xi) With permission to upgrade the existing sewerage system to a new treatment system and percolation area, and connection to existing services and all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360244
15 Dec 2021Conditional
to erect slatted agricultural shed with underground storage tanks and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21752
18 Nov 2020Conditional
alter and extend existing dwelling consisting of fully serviced single storey and two-storey extension to rear and side of existing dwelling, erect detached domestic garage, form new entrance walls and piers, upgrade existing sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20512
5 Aug 2020Conditional
for alterations to the existing dwelling including the addition of a part two storey, part single storey extension, the upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20328
29 Nov 2019Refused
to form new entrance, walls and piers, form access road to connect to existing access servicing an existing dwelling and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19469
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Drumcalpin.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumcalpin.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumcalpin.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2087 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Drumcalpin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Drumcalpin
- Area
- 879,494 m² (87.95 ha, 217.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleterra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Ballyhaise, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyhaise electoral division: 1,152 people in 413 households; 72% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cullies, Daggan, Drumbo, Drumherrish, Egramush, Killyvanny, Knockfad, Ragaskin
- Placenames
- Drumcalpin on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.